Example sentences of "took place [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as the table shows , after adjustment for inflation some of the mergers that took place during this century 's three previous spates of restructuring — 1897–1904 , 1925–30 and the late 1960s — were as big as the top takeovers of the 1980s . |
| 2 | According to the Congregation for the Cause of Saints in Rome , a total of 1,359 beatifications and canonisations took place during this century alone , more than one a month . |
| 3 | We take it the greenhouse ‘ event ’ took place during this time — but when exactly ? |
| 4 | The chapters which follow look more closely at some of the relevant legislative changes that took place during this period , and the background and responses to these reforms . |
| 5 | A remarkable change for the worse took place about this time in the hitherto retired neighbourhood of Southall Green . |
| 6 | There can be no doubt that something of this sort took place at this time in Montreal , and that it forms one of the subconscious inputs in the growing boy 's development , along with the high family traditions and the significance of his names . |
| 7 | ( Unfortunately , there is no hint of the conversations that took place at this time between Lloyd George and Mr Thomas as they took their daily morning walk ‘ across the park ’ from the underground station at Westminster . ) |
| 8 | Major changes in the way we conceptualize Nature certainly took place at this time , but historians now suspect that the emergence of Darwin 's theory should not be treated as the only watershed dividing the old way of thinking from the new . |
| 9 | It is quite likely therefore that a meeting of Lambarde and Shakespeare took place at this time , although it was n't until 1594 that Shakespeare made his mark , for it was at Christmas of that year that he was Summoned to appear at Court . |
| 10 | Gregory and others saw in certain happenings which took place at this time the workings of divine providence : on one occasion the boat carrying one of his opponents sank ; on another a supporter was miraculously freed from prison ; and throughout his trial the princess Rigunth fasted on his behalf . |
| 11 | The interview took place before this weekend 's demonstrations . |
| 12 | Alterations have been deposited to the County Structure Plan , and erm that took place before this hearing er before this enquiry opened . |
| 13 | All the important developments within the kinetic theory took place after this falsification . |
| 14 | The hijack took place in this layby off the A34 just south of Bicester . |